August, Part Three

Earthquakes and volcanoes and sinkholes, oh my!

Strong earthquake hits off Aleutians

Strong earthquakes rock Papua New Guinea, Fiji, others

Strong earthquake strikes off Kuril Islands

Tetonia geologist reacts to earthquakes - Idaho

Indonesia’s Mount Karangetang Volcano Erupts, Four Missing

Sinkhole opens under minivan in New Haven

Pakistan - 63 killed as landslides hit villages in GB

Chile: More than 30 miners trapped by a landslide

Leh cloudburst triggers landslide, kills 113

Evacuation order set to lift for landslide zone in B.C.

Over 1,500 evacuated after B.C. landslide

New Holland man describes his ordeal in a 21-foot-deep well

RP quakes near undersea volcano - Philippines

Mount Hood Eruptions Explained

Death toll in China landslide rises to 337

Vanuatu: 7.5 earthquake causes few problems

Two earthquakes strike California's Central Coast

Ground shaken by Mexico quake still moving

Powerful quake rattles Ecuador, Peru

Perseid meteor shower, planets, moon to grace night sky

Heavy rain, mudslides bring more misery to China

7.2-magnitude quake strikes off Mariana Islands

3 powerful earthquakes, 14 aftershocks rock Mariana Islands

6.3-magnitude quake rattles PNG

That sinking feeling: NY family's pool drained by sinkhole

New sinkhole appears in north China city

Earthquake rocks Aeolians off Sicily; panic and minor injuries reported on vacation islands

Magnitude-4.4 earthquake in Pacific off Eureka

Strong earthquake in Indian Ocean near Mauritius

Volcano collapse underlines threat of tsunami

Eruption at Iceland volcano slows, but not over

Are We Underestimating Mt. Vesuvius?

2009 Tonga - Samoa tsunami caused by two quakes, not just one

Erupting Vanuatu volcano lures thrill-seeking tourists

Sinkhole nearly swallows Georgia restaurant

Sinkhole swallows Cromwell cruiser - Middletown, CT

Eruption in Kamchatka - Shiveluch

Iceland volcano has cooled enough for snow to settle

Activity At Sakurajima Volcano Intensifies

No damage after Pacific Ocean quake off Mexico

Quake Hits Flood Ravaged Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan

Quake in northern Iran kills three, injures dozens

'Red alert' issued for Colombian volcano after non-explosive eruption

Indonesia's Volcano Continues to Spew Smoke

Volcano erupts in Russia"s Far East



Plagues and pestilence and weirdness!

Victoria braces for early days of the locust

Carnivorous mice may be plague carrier that's killing off prairie dogs

Grasshopper Populations Could Reach 'Biblical' Proportions This Year

Peru battles rabid vampire bats after 500 people bitten

NYC - Who's to blame when rats attack: With reports of infestation, city should re-hire rodent fighters

Locust swarm threatens Madagascar

Study Claims Highly Resistant Superbug Spreading From South Asia
India trashes 'superbug' report, says it's doctored

Hundreds of tourists stung as 'invisible' jellyfish invade Spain's beaches

Bees Swarm Patrol Car: NC Deputy Trapped in Patrol Car for 3 Hours by Swarming Bees

Cameroon and Nigeria Face Cholera Outbreak

SYRIA: Yellow wheat rust hits supplies

Red Tide Rears Its Head Again, Early

Malawi to immunise six million amid measles outbreak

Mysterious 'bearded' antelope photographed

Nigeria warns of nation-wide cholera threat

France drains glacier to protect village from flood

Undersea river discovered flowing on sea bed

Galactic 'super-volcano' at heart of distant galaxy erupts

Solar tsunami: Northern lights visible from UK as Sun's rays sweep towards Earth


Weather

Heat wave
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Drought Hits Europe's Crops

Little Relief from Heat Wave for Most of the South

Texas town without water in heat wave

Japan and China experiencing heatwave which has already killed 66

Over 21,000 taken to hospitals for heat stroke nationwide, 98 die - Japan

Heat wave claims clams, crabs in Tokyo Bay

Bulgaria - Saharan Heat Wave over the Balkans

Wildfires shroud Moscow in dense smog

Russia's export ban chills wheat markets

Russian heatwave kills 5,000 as fires rage out of control

Heat wave bakes 18 states from Texas to New York

700 dying each day due to Moscow heatwave

US swelters as heat wave lengthens

Russian Fires Approach Nuclear Plants

Wave of car breakdowns reported as heat spikes - Israel

Heatwave Causes Spontaneous Combustion

Russian Heat, Asian Floods May Be Linked

Radiation fear for Russian wildfire smoke

'Blocked' jetstream to blame for freak weather in Russia and Pakistan

Russian heat no prelude to environmental catastrophe - scientist

Maryland: 80-year-old farmer says ‘this is worst drought I ever saw’

US sending aid to help Russia firefight effort: White House

Relief in sight for Russia as heat wave set to fade

World feeling the heat as 17 countries experience record temperatures

Russia loses quarter of crops in drought: Medvedev

As State Fumbles Fire Response, Russia Discovers A New Strength: People Power

Two firefighters killed tackling forest fires in Spain

Rainstorms continue in mudslide hit-county; heatwave grills China's south

Moscow accused of coverup in heat deaths

Russian grain export ban starts

Poisonous smog returns to Moscow

Medvedev fires Navy brass over fire response

Storm to lift heatwave's siege of Moscow

Firefighters battle raging forest blazes in Portugal

Spain, Portugal combat 19 wildfires as cooler weather arrives to ease firefighting

Heatwave over Bulgaria to last

Heavy downpours help Russia's firefighters

Video - Heatwave scorches Middle East - The Age

Ukraine to limit grain exports due to drought: official

Ukraine looks to limit grain exports after Russia

How drought and floods will hit food and clothing prices

Russia: drought is slowing economy, hiking prices


Floods

Pakistan says 12 million people affected by floods

Pakistan floods 'hit 14m people'

Flash floods kill over 100 in Indian Kashmir

Pakistan - 63 killed as landslides hit villages in GB

Leh cloudburst triggers landslide, kills 113

Evacuation order set to lift for landslide zone in B.C.

Over 1,500 evacuated after B.C. landslide

Pakistani Evacuates Flood Zone as 14 Million Uprooted

Russian Heat, Asian Floods May Be Linked

Death toll in China landslide rises to 337

Central Europe faces massive flood cleanup

Outrage at absent leader swells amid Pakistan flood disaster

Ames cuts water supply after main breaks in flood

Flooding - Weds., Aug. 11, 2010 photos | Des Moines Register

'Blocked' jetstream to blame for freak weather in Russia and Pakistan

Heavy rain, mudslides bring more misery to China

Water-Borne Diseases Threaten Pakistan Flood Victims

Cedar Rapids Begins Fight With FEMA Over $36 million

Rainstorms continue in mudslide hit-county; heatwave grills China's south

North Korea Floods Destroy Thousands of Homes, Factories Near China Border

aug6- More than 2,100 dead, missing in China floods

aug8 - Death toll rises to 165 in Indian Himalayan floods

Day 2 of Tenn. deluge washes out rail line

3 die in floods in Spain

How drought and floods will hit food and clothing prices

Four die, 64,000 evacuated in China-N.Korea border floods

Flooding submerges new towns in Pakistan's south

Rain Batters China; 250,000 Evacuated in Flood

Indus river overflows 40 times normal volume of water

Pakistanis flee as river bursts its bank in new floods

Pakistan floods just one of its water woes

India now trying to flood Lahore, alleges Pakistan daily

Rains kill 6 in UP, flood threat looms large over Delhi


Freezes

Chilly in Chile: South America Hit by Freak Cold Snap

Argentina's power imports hit record as cold saps energy

Brazil Hasn't Seen So Much Snow in a Decade

S. America having bitter winter weather

Death Toll in Paraguay Cold Wave Rises to 15

Snow in Brazil, below zero Celsius in the River Plate and tropical fish frozen


More

Drought-Hit Bihar

Calgary hailstorm insurance claims set Canadian record: $400M

Communities in Australia’s wheatbelt are celebrating after much needed rains have transformed the land after years of crippling drought.

Floods and mudslides on three continents, as drought hits Africa

Six people injured in hailstorm in Prague

Storm slams parts of Metro Detroit, leave 82,000 without power

Hurricane Frank heads out to Pacific, leaves four dead in Mexico



Tech

U.S. electricity blackouts skyrocketing

Eastern European cyber criminals 'draining British bank accounts'

Silk 'invisibility cloak' created by scientists

GDF Suez, International Power enter into merger deal
The move would create the world's largest independent power producer

Contoversy blazes over Putin's rebuilding webcams

Apple testing NFC chips in next-gen iPhone?

Trojan-ridden warning system implicated in Spanair crash

U.S. Scans Afghan Inmates for Biometric Database